In this Psalm of praise David uses the experience of a violent storm to praise God as the Lord of Creation as well as alluding to Ancient Near Eastern myths of the storm god slaying the sea dragon of chaos and death.
In this Psalm of praise David uses the experience of a violent storm to praise God as the Lord of Creation as well as alluding to Ancient Near Eastern myths of the storm god slaying the sea dragon of chaos and death.
According to a recent survey, people are more afraid of getting dementia than cancer. Who will I be when I've forgotten who I think I am? This sermon explores the riches the Bible and the Church offer for facing dementia and ageing in general.
According to a recent survey, people are more afraid of getting dementia than cancer. Who will I be when I've forgotten who I think I am? This sermon explores the riches the Bible and the Church offer for facing dementia and ageing in general.
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
Because Jesus is fully human, like us in every way, yet without sin, he shows us how to be human. But more than that, because he is fully human, his saving work touches every part of our humanity.
David brought the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem with great fanfare. A thousand years later Jesus rode the same path on a donkey and entered the same gate as the King of Glory. Lord Jesus give us clean hands and a pure heart as we open the door of our life to you.
Psalm 139 teaches us some of the great truths about who God is and how we live our lives entirely encompassed by his presence. But the psalm is also a prayer of allegiance that declares the author’s zeal for God and articulates how God can be trusted to know our allegiance and lead us along the way everlasting in mercy and faithfulness.
2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51 give us a picture of how to repent when we sin. We also get a window into David's grief at the death of his son.